Correlations between age, kinematics, and chemistry as seen by the RAVE survey

Jennifer Wojno, Georges Kordopatis, Matthias Steinmetz, Paul McMillan, James Binney, Benoit Famaey, Giacomo Monari, Ivan Minchev, Rosemary F. G. Wyse, Teresa Antoja, Arnaud Siebert, Ismael Carrillo, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Eva K. Grebel, Tomaz Zwitter, Olivier Bienayme, Brad Gibson, Andrea Kunder, Ulisse Munari, Julio NavarroQuentin Parker, Warren Reid, George Seabroke

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Abstract

We explore the connections between stellar age, chemistry, and kinematics across a Galacto-centric distance of 7.5 < R(kpc) < 9.0, using a sample of similar to 12 000 intermediate-mass (FGK) turn-off stars observed with the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) survey. The kinematics of this sample are determined using radial velocity measurements from RAVE, and parallax and proper motion measurements from the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS). In addition, ages for RAVE stars are determined using a Bayesian method, taking TGAS parallaxes as a prior. We divide our sample into young (0 < tau < 3 Gyr) and old (8 < tau < 13 Gyr) populations, and then consider different metallicity bins for each of these age groups. We find significant differences in kinematic trends of young and old, metal-poor and metal-rich, stellar populations. In particular, we find a strong metallicity dependence in the mean Galactocentric radial velocity as a function of radius (partial derivative V-R/partial derivative R) for young stars, with metal-rich stars having a much steeper gradient than metal-poor stars. For partial derivative V-phi/partial derivative R, young, metal-rich stars significantly lag the LSR with a slightly positive gradient, while metal-poor stars show a negative gradient above the LSR. We interpret these findings as correlations between metallicity and the relative contributions of the non-axisymmetries in the Galactic gravitational potential (the spiral arms and the bar) to perturb stellar orbits.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5612-5624
Number of pages13
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume477
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • age
  • chemistry
  • correlations
  • kinematics
  • stars

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